Relf Family Group

the Journey

  • 1600s

    Emigrate from Europe to colonial Virginia

  • 1700s

    Settle in Albemarle Sound area of colonial North Carolina

  • 1850s

    Migrate to Madison County, Indiana

  • 1870s-1900s

    Buy and sell land in Nebraska and Kansas

  • 1930

    Move to Newton County, Missouri

In-Laws

The following families married into the Relf family along the way:

Crookham Family

Peniston Family

Piland Family

Sanderlin Family

Davis Family

Jennings Family

Stories about the family…

Joseph Relfe | Widow

Joseph Relfe died in 1818, leaving an estate in debt, a widow, and four “infant” boys, Stephen, Joseph, Malachi and Josiah. In this case, the “infant” boys are merely under 21 years of age. Many family histories located on the web and in ancestry.com list Joseph Relfe’s wife as Mary Trueblood with a son, Joseph,…

Thomas Relf | Great Plains Roamer, pt 1

Thomas Relf (1857-1940) was born in Indiana and lived in Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska prior to 1900. Norton County, Kansas | 1879 In 1876, he married Sarah C Peniston in Madison County, Indiana. Shortly after their marriage, they migrated to Norton County in northwestern Kansas. It is the fourth county from the border with Colorado,…

Leaving for France

William Earl Relf (1887-1964) served in World War I. He left for France with his company in June 1918 on the HMS Karmala.

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